The
Total War Blog says March 4 is the release date for Empire: Total War,
confirming the most recent release date for the next installment
in Creative Assembly's large-scale real-time strategy series. They also announce
that all copies of the game must be activated using Steam, even if they are
purchased at retail or another digital delivery service. They also offer some
system specifications, saying the following represents the minimum, rather than
the recommended specs:

Nothings ever good enough for PC gamers I guess, no matter the lengths developers go to to sastify gamers while still trying to protect their games.

Securom failed basically, nobody liked it and no upcoming games seem to use it. It was shunned by developers and gamers alike and caused a huge shitstorm. So it was scrapped with the more favorable Steam system, but that's STILL not good enough. With a market that suffers from mass piracy, Steam is a fucking godsend.

I mean really do you people want Creative Asesembly to tickle your balls too? Steam is fast, free, uninstrusive and easy. What more do you bitches want? Minus a handful of games per year, DRM-free games are done, they are finished, investors and developers simply won't release a game without some sort of DRM anymore, can you blame them?

Be thankful that it uses Steam and not other horrible forms like Tages, Securom or Starforce. God I hate Tages.